GTstudent willing to answer questions

<p>Are there any other required math courses after Calc 3 + PDEs in a CE major?</p>

<p>Do you mean ODEs? No undergraduate engineering major requires partial differential equations.</p>

<p>Calc 3, ODE, and a discrete math class is required for a degree CE.</p>

<p>woot, that's awesome! I was saying PDEs because that's as far as I went with dual enrollment classes. However there must be something about fourier series/transforms, legendre polynomials because I remember most examples we worked on involved EE applications.</p>

<p>fabrizio, I am worried about that...
I have plans of grad school, so that sounds bad....</p>

<p>Anyone familiar with BME. As my D begins to narrow down where she's looking from the broad, "I know I want something math/science related," BME is looking better and better. General thoughts on that undergrad program? Anything would be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>zebes</p>

<p>Nightmarerec0n,</p>

<p>You shouldn’t worry. Yes, it’s hard, but no, it’s not impossible. I know a student who graduated from GT with at least a 3.8 in mechanical engineering. He must have had excellent recommendations and a good statement of purpose, for he received a full scholarship to pursue his Masters at GT.</p>

<p>To reiterate, “you have to stay focused if you want good grades, and you have to check your ego at the door.” In terms of ability, my friends were fully capable of maintaining their post-Fall GPAs. A few just forgot where they were and what time it was, and one refused to seek help.</p>

<p>Were they stressed out? Definitely. But, we all get stressed out; no one is immune from it. After my next-door neighbor finished his finals, he started packing. He still had a box of granola bars, so he left them in the study lounge with a note that said whoever wanted them could have them. One of our hallmates found them and promptly informed half the hall. What followed was a five-minute food fight with granola bars. They were throwing them at each other and at the walls as hard as they could. Now, why did they do that? The bars were still fresh, and college students are known to take free food whenever possible. The only reason I can think of is that they were all “feeling it.”</p>

<p>Now, don't get me wrong. I love being a Tech student. I am very happy here. I don’t know too many students who hate being here and want to leave. That’s reflected in our retention rates, which have been greater than or equal to 90% for a decade. Some people don’t come back for their second year, but the overwhelming majority do.</p>

<p>I know gt is rated #1 in Industrial Engineering, but would anybody recommend Berkeley for California residents instead. I'm trying to figure out if paying all that extra cash as an out of state student for gt is actually worth it. Plus Berkeley is much more recognize and prestigious than gt and I believe they're rank 5th in IE. What exactly would I gain from gt over Berkeley?</p>

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I have another question about Chem 1310. I was looking through the Class Schedule Listing and ALL but one section(?) is restricted to certain majors(of course none of them including management). The one class that isn't restricted says this "First class is Monday, August 18 at 205pm in CoC, rm 16. Lecture, lab & recitation by permit only; On-going course, no new registrants allowed". Do you have any idea what that means? Thanks.

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<p>Last year I met someone that took 1310 over the summer and had to continue that same course into the fall, maybe that's what it means by ongoing?</p>

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I know gt is rated #1 in Industrial Engineering, but would anybody recommend Berkeley for California residents instead. I'm trying to figure out if paying all that extra cash as an out of state student for gt is actually worth it. Plus Berkeley is much more recognize and prestigious than gt and I believe they're rank 5th in IE. What exactly would I gain from gt over Berkeley?

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<p>I wouldn’t recommend it unless you flat-out despise Berkeley. The two students from California that I know both said that they were not interested in attending any of the UCs. I definitely believe that one shouldn’t attend a school that one dislikes. If that isn’t the case for you, though, I don’t think it’s worth paying OOS tuition to come here, as great as our program is.</p>

<p>Does anyone use LaundryView? (Select</a> a Laundry Room) When I looked at the website, I could only see the four demo locations, even AFTER I signed up.</p>

<p>"LaundryView selects appropriate laundry room information for display based on your IP address."</p>

<p>I didn't know that until just now. I guess that's why you're seeing the "demo" buildings.</p>

<p>When you come to campus, it'll be different.</p>

<p>I guess that would explain it. Thanks!</p>

<p>Thanks for the reply fabrizio, but I don't know if I will like or dislike UCB, I never been there and the same goes for GT. Im trying to figure out how the IE's pograms differ in these schools. What can one offer that the other can't. I've done a bit of research on both schools, but I would like a student's point of view, if possible. If you're familiar with the Industrial and Systems Engieering program at GT, I would appreciate your thoughts. Other than their ranking in the US news bull, what else distinguishes them. Thanks</p>

<p>isn't ucb's ie major capped?</p>

<p>jose7r,</p>

<p>Sorry, I can't give you anything more specific. Hopefully a current IE student can better answer your question.</p>

<p>I was just going to buy a laptop and i wanted to know if a laptop whose hardware and software specs are not what GT requires would be allowed or not. Most laptops under $700 have the Pentium Dual Core instead of the Intel Core2Duo which is required (<a href="http://www.sco.gatech.edu/req_hw.shtml)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sco.gatech.edu/req_hw.shtml)&lt;/a>. Would it work? Btw, which laptop and brand would you recommend under $700?</p>

<p>uniguy,</p>

<p>You don’t need a Core 2 Duo to run any of the software GT [url=<a href="http://www.sco.gatech.edu/req_soft.shtml%5D“requires”%5B/url"&gt;http://www.sco.gatech.edu/req_soft.shtml]&#8220;requires&#8221;[/url&lt;/a&gt;]. You also don’t need to purchase Vista Business. Enroll in a CS class and you’ll be granted one-semester access to MSDN Academic Alliance, which will allow you to download a legal copy of Vista Business for free.</p>

<p>If $700 is your budget, I’d take a look at what Dell has to offer.</p>

<p>I do have a question. My son is a freshmen ME major. He has a full load this semester (17cr) and is struggling with his ME1770 (Engineering Graphics class.) Not only is it an 8:00am class, but he is having trouble understanding prof. He says he is one of only a few freshman in the class. He just "bombed his first quiz. He wants to drop. He is OK in every other class. I need to know which direction to "encourage him" and yes, he has asked me!
Thanks</p>

<p>Usually 1770 isn't taken until the second semester, but it's not too hard. He probably has Pucha. It's not a hard class, just requires a lot of work. If you don't put in the work than it can be mistaken as hard (as many of Tech classes are). Tell him to go to class everyday and get his hw done on time...oh, and stay on top of projects, thats pretty big.</p>